I'm a .NET dev trying to get the hell out of MS and learn the other side. That is the Mac OS and development...so please don't skip anything or make the assumnption that I know much here even after ...

I've been through a couple of tutorials on how to install ruby 2.1.* My system currently has ruby 1.9.3 and I want the latest one. I'm following the following tutorial on how to install it from here: ...

I would like to use this Ruby WEBrick server solution for on-demand showcasing of some random web pages. So I set up some forwarding exception on my adsl modem local web interface(192.168.2.1). Then ...

I have some ‍upload/download ruby scripts; I want to run those scripts in daemon process. When I run ruby script on terminal, it ask for some input after that script start to execute. So now I want to ...

Via my host I have SSH access and a control panel. I installed Rails via SSH on a light weight server. I want to reboot the server when it goes down. I think I need to start it manually since I want ...

I open a terminal and navigate to my project folder (ex: cd /proj/tickecting_app).
After this I execute this command: rvm use ruby 1.9.x@gemset .
I want this command to run this every time I open the ...

Is there a way to, on linux, do:
run as limited user when logged in as root? (like sudo but vice versa, so instead of GRANTING rights, it limits them, i.e., for use with "bundle install" for missing ...

I have setup a vagrant box using precise64 (ubuntu 14.04) and installed packages needed for octopress. I can ssh into the vagrant box and generate posts and run preview for my octopress site.
Now I ...

I have set SMTP settings in both config/environments/production.rb and development.rb also i have added the settings in config/initializers/setup_mail.rb:
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { ...

I'm going to write some short script in ruby.
And I want to specify ruby version by shebang or in another way.
I'll use the script in many environments.
I'm using rbenv in the evironments, but it's ...

I am taking over administration for a server which has a custom made 3rd party Rails app. The app developer informed me that the ruby log files are getting large and pointed me to the following link:
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This is a Puppet question that I've posted on the PuppetLabs forums with no response. I'm also posting here because I'm hoping that with a wider audience I might find someone knowledgeable re Puppet ...